Beyond inconveniencing clients, banning agents would also trigger unemployment and potential security challenges. The truth is, house agency has become one of the easiest survival strategies for many young Nigerians today. Both graduates and non-graduates have leveraged it either as a full-time job or a side hustle to pay their bills and stay away from crime. To cut off this lifeline without alternatives would be economically and socially dangerous.
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In the ever-dramatic corridors of Nigerian politics, few figures embody the story of squandered promise and ruthless opportunism like Ben…
While the privileged few enjoy the protection of mobile policemen and anti-terror squads, millions of ordinary Nigerians remain exposed to kidnappers, terrorists, and armed robbers.
The game in Enugu hasn’t even started, yet some political players are already losing sleep. This is a recent photo…
By August 8, 2025, at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, Dr. Abdullahi was no longer a new face; he was Nigeria’s leading voice for sustainable financing in clean energy. He followed this up with appearances at the G20 Energy Transition Summit in Brazil and the World Refrigeration Day in Paris (2025), showcasing Nigeria as a nation no longer content with the sidelines but now pushing conversations at the global stage.
Leaders must learn that the easiest way to win the support of the people, both online and offline, is to govern well. Social media is not the problem. Misgovernance is.
The drama over Badeggi FM in Minna, the Niger State capital, last weekend, was not just another bad day in governance — it was a full-blown self-inflicted crisis.
So no, Peter Obi isn’t selling utopia. He isn’t talking baloney! He’s making a bold, achievable promise. The only reason it’s raising eyebrows is because we’ve been repeatedly burned by unscrupulous charlatans in power. Trust has eroded us so badly that many now treat honesty as a political gimmick.
At first glance, it reads like another familiar outburst from a regional strongman trying to stay politically afloat. However, to dig a little deeper, Kwankwaso’s remarks have opened a Pandora’s box of political arithmetic, economic hardship, regional expectations, and strategic positioning ahead of 2027.
A few days to the end of their administration in May 2007, then Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mr. Olufemi Pedro, resigned his appointment. But Governor Bola Tinubu refused to accept the letter. Tinubu’s goal was to ensure that the impeachment proceedings commenced against Pedro by the State House of Assembly ran its full course. Pedro’s ‘sin’ was that against the
senior official of the National Assembly, Ifeoma Ofili, has made some damaging allegations of widespread corruption among federal lawmakers.
President Tinubu is a political beast whose defeat cannot be achieved on a platter of gold. He is that gladiator who would rather die than lose a battle where he has an upper hand, especially with the full paraphernalia of statehood conveniently at his disposal. Make no mistake likening him to former President Goodluck Jonathan as that would be a careless own goal and brutal miscalculation on the side of the opposition.